Freeview Light on the South Maesteg (Bridgend, Wales) transmitter
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The symbol shows the location of the South Maesteg (Bridgend, Wales) transmitter which serves 2,700 homes. The bright green areas shown where the signal from this transmitter is strong, dark green areas are poorer signals. Those parts shown in yellow may have interference on the same frequency from other masts.
This transmitter has no current reported problems
The BBC and Digital UK report there are no faults or engineering work on the South Maesteg (Bridgend, Wales) transmitter._______
Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
H/V: aerial position (horizontal or vertical)
The South Maesteg (Bridgend, Wales) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.
Which Freeview channels does the South Maesteg transmitter broadcast?
If you have any kind of Freeview fault, follow this Freeview reset procedure first.Digital television services are broadcast on a multiplexes (or Mux) where many stations occupy a single broadcast frequency, as shown below.
| Mux | H/V | Frequency | Height | Mode | Watts |
| PSB1 BBCA | V max | C33 (570.0MHz) | 151m | DTG- | 2W |
 1 BBC One (SD) Wales, 2 BBC Two Wales, 9 BBC Four, 23 BBC Three, 201 CBBC, 202 CBeebies, 231 BBC News, 232 BBC Parliament, plus 14 others | |||||
| PSB2 D3+4 | V max | C36 (594.0MHz) | 151m | DTG- | 2W |
 5 Channel 5, 6 ITV 2, 10 ITV3, 13 E4, 14 Film4, 15 Channel 4 +1 South ads, 18 More4, 26 ITV4, 28 ITVBe, 30 E4 +1, 35 ITV1 +1 (Wales), 71 That’s 60s, | |||||
| PSB3 BBCB | V max | C48 (690.0MHz) | 151m | DTG- | 2W |
 46 5SELECT, 101 BBC One HD Wales, 102 BBC Two HD Wales, 104 Channel 4 HD South ads, 105 Channel 5 HD, 106 BBC Four HD, 110 Channel 4 HD (Wales), 204 CBBC HD, 205 CBeebies HD, plus 1 others | |||||
Are you trying to watch these 44 Freeview channels?
The South Maesteg (Bridgend, Wales) mast is a public service broadcasting (PSB) transmitter, it does not provide these commercial (COM) channels: U&Yesterday, 4seven, 5Action, 5STAR, 5USA, Al Jazeera Eng, Al Jazeera English, Blaze, Blaze +1, Challenge, Channel 5 +1, DMAX, E4 Extra, YAAAS!, Film4 +1, Food Network, FRANCE 24 (in English), GREAT! action, GREAT! christmas, GREAT! movies, GREAT! romance mix, HGTV, HobbyMaker, ITV2 +1, ITV3 +1, ITV4 +1, ITVBe +1, Legend, PBS America, Quest +1, Quest Red, Really, Sky Mix, Sky News, Talking Pictures TV, That's 90s, That's TV 2, Together TV, TRUE CRIME, TRUE CRIME XTRA, U&Dave, U&Dave ja vu, U&Drama +1, U&W.
If you want to watch these channels, your aerial must point to one of the 80 Full service Freeview transmitters. For more information see the will there ever be more services on the Freeview Light transmitters? page.
Which BBC and ITV regional news can I watch from the South Maesteg transmitter?
BBC Wales Today 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 2YQ, 31km east-southeast (111°)
to BBC Wales region - 206 masts.
ITV Cymru Wales 1.2m homes 4.7%
from Cardiff CF5 6XJ, 30km east-southeast (120°)
to ITV Wales region - 206 masts.
How will the South Maesteg (Bridgend, Wales) transmission frequencies change over time?
| 1984-97 | 1997-98 | 1998-2010 | 2010-13 | 2013-18 | 2013-17 | 15 May 2019 | |||
| C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E | C/D E T | C/D E T | K T | |||
| C33 | BBCA | ||||||||
| C36 | D3+4 | ||||||||
| C48 | BBCB | ||||||||
| C50tv_off | BBCB | BBCB | |||||||
| C55tv_off | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | BBC1waves | D3+4 | D3+4 | D3+4 | |||
| C59tv_off | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | ITVwaves | BBCA | BBCA | BBCA | |||
| C62 | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBC2waves | BBCB | |||||
| C65 | C4waves | C4waves | C4waves |
tv_off Being removed from Freeview (for 5G use) after November 2020 / June 2022 - more
Table shows multiplexes names see this article;
green background for transmission frequencies
Notes: + and - denote 166kHz offset; aerial group are shown as A B C/D E K W T
waves denotes analogue; digital switchover was 3 Mar 10 and 31 Mar 10.
How do the old analogue and currrent digital signal levels compare?
| Analogue 1-4 | 6W | |
| BBCA, D3+4, BBCB | (-4.8dB) 2W |
Which companies have run the Channel 3 services in the Wenvoe transmitter area
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Monday, 4 April 2011
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mark6:59 PM
Maesteg
cf349ah just set up a tv out the kitchen and iv hardly got any channel,got bbc 1 and 2 and cbeebies and radio channels....any idea why i cant get itv or channel 4? its an indoor ariel, does weather effect signal? iv tried searching in manual for the exact frequencies tried with high gain also and still nowt. all other tv`s are run through sky.
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KMJ,Derby9:26 PM
mark: Indoor aerials tend to be very hit and miss at receiving all possible signals. A different location in the room might give ITV1, Channel 4 etc but lose the BBC channels.Reception is usually better close to a window facing the transmitter if this is a possibility. The digital UK postcode checker shows Maesteg to give the strongest signals on C25 for BBC channels and C22 for Mux D3+4. The Wenvoe transmitter offers good reception on all six muxes with Mux BBCA on C41+, Mux D3+4 on C44 and Mux ArqB on C49. From 27th April 2011 Mux SDN will be on C42+ and Mux ArqA on C45.If possible it would be worth having an outdoor aerial set on Wenvoe for your Freeview reception.
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Tuesday, 5 April 2011
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ken picton4:33 PM
Maesteg
some of my channels eg 11 and 30 have become very weak lately. i feed of the wenvoe transmitter. will things improve after my new retune on 27th of april. my postcode is cf34 9hf, most of my channels slam in at high quality. the problems have only started in the last few months
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Mike Dimmick11:59 PM
Reading
ken picton: Yes, probably they will improve. Pick TV (channel 11) is on the SDN multiplex and 5* (channel 30) is on ArqA. These multiplexes are currently running on low power and channels with more interference. They will reach final channels and full power on the 27th.
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Tuesday, 8 October 2024
Transmitter engineering
2:20 PM
2:20 PM
SOUTH MAESTEG transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 8 Oct 11:20. . [BBC]
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Transmitter engineering
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5:20 PM
SOUTH MAESTEG transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 8 Oct 11:20 until 8 Oct 11:25. . [BBC]
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Friday, 11 October 2024
Transmitter engineering
5:20 PM
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SOUTH MAESTEG transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 11 Oct 15:41 until 11 Oct 15:45. Off the air due to essential engineering from 8 Oct 11:20 until 8 Oct 11:25. . [BBC]
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Sunday, 13 October 2024
Transmitter engineering
2:19 PM
2:19 PM
SOUTH MAESTEG transmitter - Freeview: Off the air due to essential engineering from 11 Oct 15:41 until 11 Oct 15:45. . [BBC]
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